If their seems to be one constant I've noticed with older cars is that even while doing one repair you'll undoubtedly discover some other issue. I was working on the front beam when I glanced inward toward the center of the car and I notice a wet braided hose that was soaked and even had a white slime on it too. I dabbed my finger and smelled it: gas. Sure enough a few seconds later a slow drip fell. I just found the answer to my mysterious gas disappearance over the winter.
Just for a little back story when I had stored my vehicle for the winter I had topped of the tank. Come spring time I assumed I still had a full tank of gas. Then shortly after uncovering it it stopped running. I couldn't figure out why it wouldn't start. Brand new battery and I assumed I had fuel. Well you know what the say about assuming. After some trouble shooting I figured out I wasn't getting any fuel. I thought maybe a clogged fuel line. Which led to me knocking on the fuel tank and hearing an empty echo. I uncovered the sending unit and sure enough..no gas. Where did it go? I had hardly driven it at all. I don't remember smelling gas, at least not more than usual. Threw a gallon of gas in and she started right up. I couldn't figure out where my gas went. I even replaced the old gas cap thinking it evaporated cause of a bad seal. Now a couple of months later the mystery has now been solved.
At first I'm thinking "Oh great I have to pull that tank out to fix this" and all kinds of panicking cause my hopes of going for my state inspection sticker went out the window as I don't think a leaking gas tank will pass a safety inspection. Oh well. After mulling it over I did some research on how to fix this and came across a how to video by JBugs(see video below). Now things didn't seem so bad as it seems like a straight forward repair. I ordered the necessary parts and will do the repair once they arrive.
I'll do a future post highlighting the repair work. I wonder what that repair will lead to. Thanks for coming by.
